"Water Margin", one of the four famous works, has been seen by many people, and the Water Margin shows the brotherhood and righteousness vividly, into the bone. Not only that, shi Nai'an painstakingly created the "Liangshan One Hundred Singles and Eight Generals" each person is vivid, as if there really are these people in history, and in order to add a point of view to the story, it also adds a metaphysical color.
Among the one hundred and eight good men, there are thirty-six heavenly gangs and seventy-two earthly fires, corresponding to one hundred and eight stars in the sky. Everyone has a resounding title, such as Leopard Head - Lin Chong, Flower Monk - Lu Zhishen, Walker - Wu Song, Langli White Stripe - Zhang Shun and so on. The characters are portrayed so realistically, and then the delicate storyline is applied to the background of the times, so that a masterpiece of inheritance is now in the world. But some people can't help but ask, is there really Song Jiang and one hundred single and eight generals in history? Looking at the history, people even more lament the cleverness of Shi Nai'an.
Song Jiang is the leader of the Liangshan rebel army in "Water Margin", known as timely rain. So was there a rebel army led by Song Jiang in history? We know that the time of the story is the last year of the Northern Song Dynasty during the Song Huizong period. Then looking up the "History of Song And Emperor Huizong Benji" we can see such a sentence: "Huainan stole Song Jiang and other criminals from huaiyang army, sent generals to arrest, and then committed crimes in Jingdong, Jiangbei, into the border of Chuhai Prefecture, and ordered Zhang Shu of Zhizhou to surrender at night." From this sentence, we can see that Song Jiang is a real figure in history, and he is indeed the leader of Liukou, the so-called Liukou is the kind of bandit who shoots a gun to change a place.
However, there is no record in the history books about the base area of Liangshanpo, and it can be considered that this location does not exist. Moreover, Song Jiang's team only has 36 people. The Thirty-six Heavenly Gangs and seventy-two Hellfires in "Water Margin" are only fictional. After all, "Water Margin" is a novel work, and most of the literary works originate from life, but they are higher than life. Just like "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", three points are true and seven points are false.
At that time, Song Jiang's Liukou team developed step by step and became a large-scale rebel army. In December of Xuanhe's second year, Song Jiang led his men to attack the city near Fenjing. It seriously threatened the safety of the capital, which made Emperor Huizong of Song feel that his face was greatly damaged, so he issued a holy decree: "Shezhou Zhizhou Zeng Xiaoyun", the general meaning of the holy will is that Song Jiang, the bandits, have all hit the vicinity of Fenjing, and you quickly send troops to destroy them." Song Jiang was also very cunning, and when he saw the army of Zhizhou in Shezhou, he said, "Why are there so many people and such good equipment, I have to withdraw if I can't do it", so he led his subordinates south from Qingzhou. However, Song Jiang, who used guerrilla warfare, was finally defeated by the troops led by Jiang Yuan of Yizhou Zhizhou. In the end, Song Jiang had to accept the court's offer.
To sum up, Song Jiang is a real character, and his final ending is indeed recruited, which is the same as in the novel, but he does not have the base of Liangshan Po, just a gang of thirty-six people. However, Shi Nai'an took this event as the prototype, added literary modifications, and finally created a famous book that was passed down to later generations, and the literary level was really high!